Is there any design choices about your OCS that you really enjoy (or thought about a lot when making them) but never get to talk about?
[[Actually, yes! Mint's design originally was just... my way of drawing the 'rill family, but I have as of late made her a crossbreed! It's much harder to tell in her than in Tanga, but...
[[She's technically a Cinderace mix! She also has other Rabbit Pokemon mixed in her, like Plusle/Minun, Lopunny, and Bunnelby.]]
We made this chocolate mint Azumarill cake to cap off March Mint Madness over on #Twitch, and of course to celebrate the season! I am absolutely in love with this trans pride flag-inspired colour scheme, which is also perfectly spring-y! Azumarill works so well here, both because of her egg-bunny design, but also that fun fact about Azurill evolution (fkyk)!
Indigo Disk E4 (plus Champion), their Trials and Party Members
I was hoping to help people as I didn't have any real help during the DLC, so I wrote a rough list of each of the Indigo Disk's Elite Four and their teams, trials and whatever moves I was made aware of during my battle with them. So here it is below. Be warned, this is unbelievably long as I also make notes at certain points for tips and help
Chrispin, the fourth and lowest member of the Elite Four:
Trial before battle; make a super spicy sandwich (as written by game08 below)
Onion
Chili Sauce
Jalapeno
Chorizo
Mustard
After the trial and onto the battle under here;
Party Members: Talonflame (uses sunny day, perfect for WW and Hydro Steam and also uses Brave Bird too, so no Ogerpon during the beginning), Fire-type Rotom, Exeggutor, Camerupt, Magmortar, Blaziken (Teras into a fire type, speed boost, focus blast and a real ass tbh)
Best Pokemon here would be, at least from my experience, Walking Wake (if you have it, that is, I don't know of any good replacement for WW if you don't have him. Maybe Azumarill?) and Garchomp (Ground Tera type and Adamant nature: Bulldoze (or Earthquake), Sword Dance, Rock Tomb, and Dragon Claw) alongside maybe Water type (Wellspring mask) Ogrepon.
AN: I say maybe Earthquake as it will also hurt your second party member you throw out unless they're a flying type, so that's why I mentioned Bulldoze instead as a less strong alternative making sure you do accidentally KO your own Pokemon in the process.
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Drayton, the dragon-type elite four is the second rank under Kieran.
Trial: Use no Pokemon that weren't from the Terariaum or weren't caught from you (like Pokemon from other games for example) and fight three people. From my experience, have a Duraludon and an Abomasnow. Both are at level 80-86-ish for being able to beat this easily.
AN: Abomnasnow (Lax nature with Ice Punch, Blizzard and Sheer cold) should hold Leftovers and use Ingrain every time you enter a battle to slowly regain health and then take it from there whilst the Duraludon I used has a Quiet Nature and has: Dragon Claw, Flash Cannon, Metal Busrt and Breaking Swipe. I hope this has helped a little, and if the Pokemon you catch don't have those above natures you could either use a mint or just hope it doesn't play any part in the battle :p
AN: Zacian is perfect for most, if not all of these people with small bits of tinkering, obviously. But Zacian is literally unstoppable.
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Amaryas: the steel type elite four (she is fucking weiiierdd…. like real weird.)
Her trial: Fly through rings on your mount around the terrarium and there are Magnemite ones that add more time to your counter. Get to the goal in time and you succeed.
Her party members; Skarmory (rocky helmet, stealth rock), Alolan Digglett (focus sash and earthquake), Scizor (bullet punch), Runiclus (leftovers, protect), Empoleon, Metagross (steel tera type, headbutt, hard press)
(AN: Be very careful when going against her Metagross, it knows Hard Press, a move that could more than definitely OHKO and likely could since it does the most damage with full health. And if you aren't fortunate and or weak to it? She'll likely sweep you clean. I used my Zacian (Adamant Nature, Crowned: Sword Dance, Sacred Sword, Behemoth Blade and Crunch) and my Slither Wing against her (Adamant nature: Superpower, Leech Life, Low Sweep and Bulk Up) for the most part before having to eventually bring out Hearthflame Mask Ogerpon to take over due to Cranberry fainting who helped ease through Metagross and Runiclus while Zacian handles Empoleon and some of the others.)
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Lacey, the fairy type elite four, and the third strongest:
Her trial: A Pokemon quiz!
What part of the body does Pikachu store electricity in? Answer: cheeks. Pikachu stores the electricity in their cheeks.
What part does Venonat's body act as a radar? Answer: The eyes. Its eyes are like radars!
Which Sinistea is an antique and not a phony? Answer: the middle one, the middle has a mark of authenticity on the bottom when it spins around.
Which minior is the pink one? Answer: the one on the middle-ish bottom right-hand side of the screen.
Which part of Granbull does Lacey use as a pillow? Answer: the tummy/stomach area.
(long AN: Again Zacian comes in helpful here, while i'd also recommend also having a Tinkaton with you to help try and sweep her, while trying to take as little damage as possible. (Tinkaton, Naive nature with Steel Tera type: Gigaton hammer, Metal claw, Draining kiss and Sword dance) whilst Zacian has an Adamant nature like earlier with fairy type: Behemoth blade, sword dance, metal claw and play rough in case. She does use her Excadrill as mentioned before and I recommend having something that can be strong against fairy but not faint to ground as I was lucky enough to have high friendship with both and they dodged it and was able to KO the ground type. Or you could give Tinkaton a Focus sash in case it does hit and be left with one HP while Zacian still holds the Rusted sword
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Champion Kieran:
His team: Dragonite, Politoed, Incineroar, Grimmsnarl holds a Focus Sash, Porygon-z, Hydrapple (Teras his Hydrapple to become a fighting type; an Iron Valiant or Zacian does wonders with his team is used right)
AN: I literally had no business beating his ass with two Fairy types but succeed. Iron Valiant (Adamant Nature, Fairy Tera type: Moonblast, Sword Dance, Spirit Break and Drain Punch) with my Zacian now mainly running Fairy and fighting over steel instead. (Adamant nature, Fairy tera type: Sword dance, Sacred sword, and Play Rough with Poison Jab)
And unfortunately, your Pokemon don't get ribbons or anything of the sort from winning so a major bummer, but whatever I guess. Plus, Kieran has no right to walk about with Pokemon who literally get for the most part OHKO'd, seriously. It makes you wonder what the others who fought him were using to get him to such a high ground or grandeur to think he was unstoppable.
If you had to pick a Pokémon to represent you, what Pokémon would you pick?
Weirdest recent local news story?
Favorite thing about your partner Pokémon?
If you had to pick a Pokémon to represent you, what Pokémon would you pick?
Oooh this is a really hard one. I think I'd make a really good Whimsicott. My brother compares me to Mint (his Whimsicott) all the time haha. I'm friendly, fluffy, and spend a lot of time outside working with plants, so I think that fits fine. :)
Weirdest recent local news story?
Not weird exactly, but we did just have an elder-Pokémon in town pass away. :(
His name was Ignus, sweetest Azumarill around. His trainer is a teacher and he worked with the kids in class a lot. I've worked with him during safety classes to teach kids about safely handling and interacting with wild Pokémon.
Ignus was really a gift here in Suns Fall, we miss him a lot. <3
Favorite thing about your partner Pokémon?
Also difficult! Aaah!
I'll have to say one thing for each of my babies, they all deserve some love. <3
Astrid: She tries so hard to be standoffish, but seeing her immediately adopt Atlas was the cutest thing ever. He follows her around like a little Ducklett.
Cassia: She has never let me down once. She's protected me from villain gangs, falling branches, wild Pokémon, even the Ultra Beasts in Alola. There are definitely a few cases where I would not be alive without her.
Bryony: She makes orchard work and travelling so. Much. Easier. I wouldn't be able to do most of my work if she weren't so hard working.
Dusty: He's a silly guy! Need I say more? I joke, he's really good at comforting people. Dusty's gotten me through heartbreak, grief, and failure. If Bryony is my strength, Dusty holds my heart.
Atlas: Even if he's a new arrival, even if he's still weak, Atlas has so much personality. He has so much energy, I can tell that resting almost hurts more than his actual injuries. When he's healed I think he'll be a wonderful companion for Astrid. She's needed a Pokémon friend for as long as I've known her. :)
Thank you for the ask! I've been working on this one for too long hehe
Happy Munday! Hope you're doing well! This week's question is: how do you go about picking your muses'/ocs' names? Do you go for real words/names, make fantasy ones, use generators, or do you get inspiration from others you know?
Okay, buckle up, this is gonna be a bit.
Eris, Minerva, Russet, Silas
I don't quite remember tbh.
Clover
Obviously a reference to her lucky nature.
Maize
It's a subtle Fable reference if I remember correctly.
Iris
Had a character that was named Iris and wanted to reuse the name for something, except that character was an antagonist funnily enough.
Acacia
The song was looping in my head for MONTHS.
Dante
Had a very old character named Dante, and wanted to reuse the name.
Aster, Viola
Reference to the flower I picked for them.
Azy
Shortened name for Azumarill I came up with.
Cherry
For her original blog, I wanted her name to be a reference to nature like her then-partner, Fern.
Mint
Named her based on the mint-chocolate palette, and the name just sort of stuck.
Plasma
Pulled from one of those sites for Pokemon names.
Vivian
Was playing Paper Mario:TTYD at the time, and got to the point where Vivian joined the party. Pulled the name from there.
top 5 ice cream flavors and/or top 5 favorite pokemon !!
i will do both because why not!!!
ice cream flavors:
1) mint chocolate chip
2) cotton candy
3) cookies n cream
4) rocky road
5) strawberry
strawberry is probably a bit surprising since it’s not usually on lists like this but it was rather that or vanilla LMAO
pkmn:
1) mightyena
2) sceptile
3) froslass
4) staraptor
5) azumarill
3-5 are more so place holders if i’m being honest 😭 LSNDLDJDKFJF thinking of my top 5/10/20 etc. pkmn is a generally difficult decision for me because i like a lot! i at least tried not to do any overlapping types though b/c if i didn’t this list would probably be nothing but dark and ghost types LOL
Stole this from Ask-Anxious-Sylveon, Munday Monday stuff!
Munday: Glimpse + More
This was most voted so, here we go!!
Send one of these and which character you'd like to get a sketch of a situation from the past or future (You can ask for specific events).
⏪- Glimpse into the past. ⏩- Glimpse into the future.
Send this and which character you'd like and I'll give you a random fact for them + I'll throw in their birthday for shits and giggles because I'm never going to use this info for anything.
✨ - Random fact about the character. 🎁 - More Info about the character (Only if they're unrevealed)
Send the first alone to get random lore OR send the second one with anything you're curious about and I'll go into greater detail about it (character or worldbuilding).
📜 - Random world lore blurb. 🔍 - This plus anything you are curious about.
Because I only have the energy to do certain characters here is a List of my characters below I would prefer you'd stick with!
Below the readmore will be a list of all the characters! Be warned. This is QUITE the list.
I had set aside a few of my Cottonee mojito cupcakes, and made chocolate mint cupcakes with leftover batter from our Azumaril cake, because I knew I wanted to try my hand at these, and I just love them!
These cuties are decorated entirely with buttercream icing, and they definitely required some practice to get the shapes right! They definitely look like Mario enemies before they have all their details on.